In the past couple of years, Sydney rock trio MY FUTURE LIES has firmly established itself as one of Australia’s most popular unsigned bands.
With over a million MySpace plays to their credit, plus a brilliant debut album, several singles, plus two self-funded live DVDs, MY FUTURE LIES is the epitome of what it means to be a highly successful, truly independent band in this modern music age.
One of the hardest working outfits in the country, MY FUTURE LIES have performed hundreds of live shows right around Australia, forging an ever-growing loyal fanbase in every port of call.
The band’s MySpace success has also seen the trio’s popularity begin to be replicated in Europe, even though they’ve yet to set foot on the Continent. Incredibly, MY FUTURE LIES have sold almost as many records in Europe as they have here at home.
Although the earliest incarnation of MY FUTURE LIES was playing shows together as early as 2006 under the banner of Acid Eyeliner, it’s only been in the past year that the band has solidified its line-up and only in 2008 that the trio adopted its new name.
The name-change coincided with the release of MY FUTURE LIES’ self-titled, selfproduced, self-funded debut album. Since then, on the back of the debut album’s success, the trio has toured more intensely than ever, travelling and playing as far and wide as Adelaide, Rockhampton, Bell’s Beach outside Melbourne and Uluru in Alice Springs.
In 2009 the group released the single, ‘Just One Chance’, which marked a major step up in sound and commerciability. Released as a four-track EP, “Just One Chance” presented melody, energy and exhibited the group’s readiness to step up and be embraced by the mainstream.
There hasn’t been much time to rest since releasing ‘Just One Chance’ – 2009 saw the group shoot a video for the single; they toured WA with Rock The Schools Tour and appeared in episode 8 of The Apprentice. The band’s schedule has not slowed down in 2010; January saw the boys perform in front of a 15,000 strong audience at the closing ceremony of the Australian Scout Jamboree and in March they received the Musicoz People’s Choice Award.
The driving force behind MY FUTURE LIES is the band’s frontman, guitarist and lyricist, Luke Lukess and with professional management in place, MY FUTURE LIES is now preparing for the launch of their fan-funded sophmore album, ‘Chasing the Moon’, which showcases the maturity of the band and their new direction. “Songs such as a 'Rocket Fuel' and 'Chasing the Moon' state our move away from the more pop punk influence into a much deeper rock genre,” says frontman Luke Lukess. ‘Chasing the Moon’ is a huge step forward for the band and features a 4-track collaboration with celebrated composer and musical director, Chong Lim (“Dancing with the Stars) “I have really enjoyed working with MFL. They have written some great songs together with some excellent performances. This is a very exciting album and I am happy to have made a little contribution to their album”, said Lim.
In 2011, Luke began working on a third independent full length release for the band. The new tracks will be rolled out 1 each month from nov 11' till oct 12'. A
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